The mouth of a coral polyp (center): Symbiotic algae are labeled in red, pathogenic bacteria that enter through this region are labeled in blue. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

But what exactly is coral bleaching, and why is this so damaging? We’ll explain everything you need to know, in a nutshell… Corals are tiny animals called a ‘polyps’, that typically live in large ...

The larva grows into a coral polyp, then a colony that matures and releases larvae that colonize other rocks. In time, it helps to create one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems: a coral reef.

Researchers from University of Queensland have discovered that corals need to be within 10 meters of each other to reproduce ...

Scientists were stunned when they discovered that a shipwreck shadow they thought they had spotted under their boat last ...

Corals are made up of tiny living organisms called coral polyps, which attach themselves to the sea floor. When polyps die, they become hard, and new polyps grow on top of them. Gradually ...

Coral reefs consist of hundreds of thousands of coral polyps - marine animal invertebrates with hard calcium carbonate ...

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